I walked the dog this morning and frost covered everything. To me it is God asking, “Are you ready for what’s ahead?” Living in Maine, one has to be ready for the winter months. The Lord has promised the seasons would remain and He always keeps His Word.

Genesis 8:22 

While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”

Speaking of seasons consider this:

Galatians 6:9 

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

How are you doing with the seasons? Give it some thought.

Gary

I had some plans in my youth that lacked clarity and goals that were unrealistic. Life is like being in a twister; you just hang on sometimes because there are forces so much stronger than your puny efforts at control and your landing is uncertain.

Thankfully, there is someone who cares for me that is perfectly capable of managing my existence here on the planet. He knows me intimately because He created me for this time. Our God is willing to take over if we ask Him to.

2 Corinthians 5:17 

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Romans 12:2 

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Directing my life is like someone trying to herd cats.  I must say, however, that He is doing okay.

Give it some thought.

Gary

Someone once said, “When someone dies, a library is burned.” I’ve stood beholding the ashes of way too many libraries. I need to study the contents of the remaining centers of higher learning in my life before they too succumb to this tragic end. They have so much to offer, though it’s for such a brief period of time.

Matthew 2:18 

“A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.”

1 Thessalonians 4:13 

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.

Learn from them while they live, and they will still be with you after they are gone.

Give it some thought.

Gary

How did that “love at first sight” work out for you? Yeah, that’s what I thought. It didn’t take long for that warm feeling pulsating through your chest to turn as cold as an arctic ice floe. Indeed, those momentary arousals of emotion can evaporate like the morning mist. I sure am glad that God is not like us when it comes to love.

Romans 5:8 

But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

1 John 4:19 

We love Him because He first loved us.

He loves you and just take a look at yourself. As the song goes, “Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me.”

Give it some consideration.

Gary

Famous for its unintended tilt, the 184-foot tower took nearly 200 years to build – work started in 1173. Five years later, it started tilting. The tilt was noticeable as workers built the second floor. The shift was caused by shallow foundations of 10 feet and unstable subsoil.

Big mistake, wouldn’t you say? Architects didn’t consider the foundation and the way time processes things. They reminds me of people who don’t consider building on a sure foundation of Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:11 

For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Matthew 7:24 

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Luke 6:48 

He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

Make sure you’re building on a good foundation. Speaking of such, I know that we can safely trust the Word of God, for it is built on precept upon precept, line upon line.  It doesn’t get better than that.

Give it some thought.

Gary

Are you struggling with this election time? Are you saturated with the media’s take on things?

Have you lost friends? Do you see no hope for the future? Prozac can help, or you can believe the Scriptures. The choice is yours.

Daniel 2:21 

He changes times and seasons; He removes kings and sets up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding;

Romans 13:1

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.

Daniel 2:44 

And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever,

The pundits would have us believe their opinion of what the upcoming election results will be, but let me assure you that whatever the results, God is in control. Give it some careful consideration and place your hope on God’s kingdom.

Gary

“Just hang on there a second and I’m going to read your mind.  Okay, I have it.”

You’re thinking, “Are you as crazy as the rest of the world I’m living in?”

“Am I close?”

I don’t have to practice this gift. It comes naturally from 72 years of being on the planet. This phenomenon is seen many times in Scripture.

John 10:20 

Many of them said, “He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to Him?”

Ecclesiastes 10:13 

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness.

Acts 26:24 

And as he was saying these things in his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, you are out of your mind; your great learning is driving you out of your mind.”

There is an exorbitant amount of crazy going around in our world and the cure is found in the Word of God. Don’t listen to me, but check it out for yourself.

Give it some thought.

Gary